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2016 Music

Clash: Albums of the Year 2016

16 December 2016

A Seat at the Table - Solange

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016

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  1. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
  2. Blond
    Frank Ocean
  3. Konnichiwa
    Skepta
  4. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
  5. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
  6. Blackstar
    David Bowie
  7. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
    The 1975
  8. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
  9. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
  10. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
  11. 1-800 Dinosaur Presents Trim
    Trim
  12. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
  13. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
  14. Made in the Manor
    Kano
  15. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
  16. Love & Hate
    Michael Kiwanuka
  17. Freetown Sound
    Blood Orange
  18. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
  19. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
  20. Do Hollywood
    The Lemon Twigs
  21. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
  22. Awaken, My Love!
    Childish Gambino
  23. Human Energy
    Machinedrum
  24. Black Focus
    Yussef Kamaal
  25. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
    Travis Scott
  26. Blood Bitch
    Jenny Hval
  27. Control
    Rosie Lowe
  28. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
  29. Open Your Eyes
    DJ Earl
  30. For All We Know
    NAO
  31. Dangerous Woman
    Ariana Grande
  32. I, Gemini
    Let’s Eat Grandma
  33. Infinite Summer
    NZCA Lines
  34. Bonito Generation
    Kero Kero Bonito
  35. EARS
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  36. Redemption
    Dawn Richard
  37. Project Nautilus
    Yamaneko
  38. Anti
    Rihanna
  39. The Getaway
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
  40. Oh No
    Jessy Lanza

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